Why do programmers wear headphones? For the same reason that you can’t juggle. dev.to/andrewlucker/w…
Do you typically wear headphones while you code?
@ThePracticalDev can juggle, and don't wear headphones. Either the music distracts me or i tune it out completely so what's the point?
@ThePracticalDev I either need total silence or simply sometimes I'm so into the programming that distractions can't get me. I never use headphones.
@ThePracticalDev But I *can* juggle. And I'm a programmer who doesn't wear headphones. It's almost as if this article was written for exactly *not* me...
@ThePracticalDev It typically has to be songs I've listened to a million times... Otherwise I'll focus on the music and get distracted
@ThePracticalDev "Peopleware" anyone? books.google.com/books?id=DVlsA…
@ThePracticalDev Most of the time it has no music, but it's a good alternative play white music.
@ThePracticalDev I feel lonely being one who gets distracted by music, can't listen to music and code 😔
@ThePracticalDev Please, please, please cite studies you allude to or directly reference in writing.
@ThePracticalDev This is me. Every day.
@ThePracticalDev Seymour Papert explains how to juggle from computational metaphor to body language and back in Mindstorms Chapter 4
@ThePracticalDev Also helps with drowning out people eating crisps, slurping, snorting their snot, whistling, etc.
@ThePracticalDev Because music and podcasts keep us sane.
@ThePracticalDev I thought that headphones are the reason for distractions.
@ThePracticalDev I usually have headphones on but don't listen to anything. It muffles outside noise and is comfortable to me